2016 Map of Zumbro Falls

About this map

The rolling terrain of the Driftless Area is captured here at the boundary of Goodhue Co and Wabasha Co during the mid-2010s. The landscape is defined by the small settlement of Oak Center, situated atop a high ridge overlooking a network of deep-cut stream valleys. This geography illustrates a late-stage agricultural pattern where farmsteads and access roads are constrained by the sharply dissected topography of southeastern Minnesota. The transition between these two counties is marked by a sudden shift in the township and range system, highlighting the complex surveying history that governed the division of these fertile uplands and their adjacent wooded coulees.